Unintended Consequences: How International Law Can Incentivize Covert Intervention

• In Event: Intelligence and Covert Operations

Brief Overview

This paper develops a theory for how the non-intervention principle, when ratified in a treaty, produces an incentive for states to conduct interventions covertly. This theory is tested by looking at 20th century US interventions in Latin America.

Author

• Adam Saxton, Center for Strategic and International Studies